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Huawei P10 - 4.0 / 5
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Huawei P10 review: Colourful design
- Five colours for the UK Graphite black, mystic silver, dazzling gold, dazzling blue, greenery 5.1-inch screen for palm-size scale 145.3 x 69.3 x 7mm; 145g
Huawei P10 review: Fingerprint scanner
- Front-positioned fingerprint scanner Optional swipe- and press-based gesture controls
Huawei P10 review: Screen
5.1-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution IPS LCD display P10 Plus model is 5.5-inch 2560 × 1440 resolution
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Huawei P10 review: Power
- Kirin 960 chipset, octa-core (4x 2.4GHz, 4x1.8GHz) Mali G71 MP8 GPU, Vulkan API 4GB RAM, 64GB on-board storage (plus microSD)
Huawei P10 review: Software and battery life
EMUI 5.1 (built over Android 7.0 Nougat) New Highlights photo tagging and video-generating mode UX design follows phone’s exterior colour by default Enhanced machine learning for optimum long-term experience
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Huawei P10 review: Dual cameras
- “Leica Dual Camera 2.0”: 20MP B&W sensor; 12MP colour sensor 28mm equivalent lenses, f/2.2 aperture (f/1.8 on P10 Plus) Front camera is 8-megapixel Leica optic/sensor for first time Portrait mode, with 3D facial tracking; Highlights for auto-tagging
To recap
The P10 feels like a coming of age device for Huawei. The experience is sleeker, the software more mature, the finish more refined than it has been before. Add in great battery life, decent dual camera and microSD expansion (or dual SIM) and there’s a lot to like. There’s all the power and usability you’re likely to ever need from a phone.
